Upubmmz!! Ubf!Lxpo!Ep! Issue 9 www.totallytkd.com November 2009 The Free Global Tae Kwon Do Magazine Plus Father & Son - A Tae Kwon Do Journey Tae Kwon Do’s Plan A & Plan B Real Altercations For Better Training Bullying - Going The Extra Mile Dan ‘The Beast’ Severn Seminar Religion & Martial Arts - Do They Mix? S.W.A.T. - Totally TaeIs Kwon The Do Best Self Defense Tae Kwon Do & The Three Bears! Plus Much More Inside Upubmmz!! Ubf!Lxpo!Ep! EditorialEditorial The Free Global Tae Kwon Do Magazine Issue 9 - November 2009 Produced and Published by: Welcome to issue 9 of Totally Tae Harrow Martial Arts in association with Kwon Do magazine. To start with, we Rayners Lane Taekwon-do Academy have some great news for those in the ITF, firstly Grandmaster Trân Triêu Email: [email protected] Tel: +44 (0)7759 438779 Quân (ITF President) sent an email of support for the magazine and further This PDF may be distributed by all provided such distribution is not done commercially. 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Page 24 S.W.A.T. Is The Best Self Defense Page 27 Bullying: Going The Extra Mile Page 30 XVI ITF World Championships Page 33 Most Rated Books Survey - Follow On! Page 47 Tae Kwon Do & the Three Bears: Lessons from Goldilocks Page 53 Real-World Altercations For Better Training Page 56 What’s the Point Page 59 Father & Son: A TaeKwonDo Journey Page 61 Religion & Martial Arts: Do They Mix? Page 63 Dan ‘The Beast’ Severn Seminar Page 67 48th ITF International Instructors Course Report Page 69 Submission Guidelines Page 74 Where To Download Totally Tae Kwon Do Page 75 Contributors: Grandmaster Trân Triêu Quân, Michael Clune, Krystal Armstrong, Ira Hoffman, Simon O’Neill, Thomas Gordon, David Schultz, Earl Weiss, Liam Cullen, David Rickless, Julia Carson, Michael Munyon, Brent Stouffer, Paul O’Leary, George Vitale, Stuart Anslow & The ITF Tournament Press Centre Totally Tae Kwon Do - 3 TotallyTotally TKDTKD NewsNews Support From first fighter to win five world championship Grand Master Trân Triêu Quân, titles at the Taekwondo competition in President of the ITF Denmark on Wednesday (14th October). A statement released by the fighter's spokeswoman says Lopez, 30, won his first world championship gold medal in 2001 and has been undefeated at the biennial event ever since, winning titles in 2003, 2005 and 2007. He also won two Olympic gold medals and one Olympic bronze medal in the last decade. Dear Mr. Anslow, Lopez won this year's title in a fight against Spain 's Nicolas Garcia Hemme in the I read your good publications. I would like men's welterweight gold medal at the WTF to congratulate you for your great efforts World Taekwondo Championships in and passion to make them available on line Copenhagen, Denmark. as I know that is a huge work and the Tae Kwon Do people around the world need neutral, educational and professional means of communication! All the best to you and your Totally Tae Kwon Do Magazine, Gm Tran Trieu Quan ITF President Professor Ung Chang re-elected as ITF President The current President of the International Taekwon-do Federation (ITF) Ung Chang was re-elected for another 4-year-term by a unanimous vote during the ITF Congress held today in Saint Petersburg. The IOC Member Ung Chang does his best to promote taekwon-do (ITF) into the Lopez Wins 5th World Olympics. The issue of uniting the two types of taekwon-do (ITF and WTF) is one Championship Title of the top-priority activity areas of the Sugar Land's Steven Lopez became the Federation headed by Ung Chang. 4 - Totally Tae Kwon Do During the ITF Congress it was decided to hold the XVII ITF Taekwon-do World Championships in 2011 in Pyongyang (North Korea). Biographical information: • Ung Chang was born on 5 July 1938 in Pyongyang (North Korea). Married; four children. • In 1996 he was elected a member of the International Olympic Committee. • On 22 September 2002 – elected as the The Congress that embraced the good news of the President of the International Taekwon-do merger talks Federation (ITF). • In 2007 Chang Ung was awarded Honorary Master Nobilo, who also is a member of the Doctor’s Degree of Physical Education at Merger Committee for talks with the World the Saint Petersburg State University for Taekwondo Federation made a complete Physical Education and Sports named after report to the Executive Board on October 12, P.